This script to remove some docs doesn't work:
$includeExtensions = @("*.doc", "*.docx")
get-childitem -Path "C:\somedir" -Include $includeExtensions | remove-item
Why not? And how do you specify an array of extensions which can then be passed as an argument?
You can pipe the results of Get-ChildItem to filter on just the extensions you want.
$includeExtensions = @(".doc", ".docx")
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\somedir" | ?{$includeExtensions -contains $_.Extension} | Remove-Item
Try specifying it like so:
Get-ChildItem c:\somedir\* -Inc $includeExtensions | remove-item -whatif
From the docs on Get-ChildItem:
The Include parameter is effective only when the command includes the Recurse parameter or the path leads to the contents of a directory, such as C:\Windows*, where the wildcard character specifies the contents of the C:\Windows directory.
